DISTRIBUTION. By this term is understood the division of an intestate's
estate according to law.
2. The English statute of 22 and 23 Car. II. c. 10, which was itself
probably borrowed from the 118th Novel of Justinian, is the foundation of,
perhaps, most acts of distribution in the several states. Vide 2 Kent, Com.
342, note; 8 Com. Dig. 522; 11 Vin. Ab. 189, 202; Com. Dig. Administration,
H.